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we compare tax rates then and now. and social security expert larry kotlikoff examines the way your benefits are taxed. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. gwen? >> ifill: and that's the newshour for tonight. on tuesday, we'll look at the bombings that rocked boston. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you for joining us. good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> macarthur foundation. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> market sell off, the three major indexes have the worst day since november 7th. >> losing luster l gold prices see their buggest one-day drop since 1980. >> and adding to the c
we compare tax rates then and now. and social security expert larry kotlikoff examines the way your benefits are taxed. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. gwen? >> ifill: and that's the newshour for tonight. on tuesday, we'll look at the bombings that rocked boston. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you for joining us. good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by:...
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when amazon.com began to collect sales tax. there was not a rush of customers from amazon to the main street. reason? >> they do not buy online to avoid sales tax, they buy online for lower prices, choices and convenience. the internet is here to stay. and businesses turn to the internet to reach customers. those are the ones that will run head long into the border less world that david talks about. now it's without borders for the tax department. >> address the constitutional portions that it brings up? >> the supreme court said in 1992, a time we were talking about catalogs. that that time, state laws were too complex for everyone. guess what? we are in a different day and age, everyone knows electronic commerce, the internet is here to take. it's robust and what you have now is because congress has not acted you are giving a subsidy to online retailer that is not needed. what we need to do is treat everyone the same. if you have customers in a state with a sales tax, you should collect and remit. >> steve, you got the first
when amazon.com began to collect sales tax. there was not a rush of customers from amazon to the main street. reason? >> they do not buy online to avoid sales tax, they buy online for lower prices, choices and convenience. the internet is here to stay. and businesses turn to the internet to reach customers. those are the ones that will run head long into the border less world that david talks about. now it's without borders for the tax department. >> address the constitutional...
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that means you couldn't have all tax-free income that would put you in no tax bracket. in essence, that would be a tax on municipal bonds. mayors and governors are fighting this very, very aggressively. and each time they seem to get it out of the budget proposal and then a new budget proposal comes out and it's back in. i do believe that ultimately, state and local governments will be success chl in arguing that this will drive the economy right back into the recession and actually won't solve the greater purpose of helping the economy. >> always good to see you, you young whipper snapper you. >> you, too. don't look a day older. >>. >> and coming up a little later in the program, one media company to watch this earnings season. first, let's look at how the international markets closed today. >>> we begin our market focus with earnings after the bell tonight. american express reported increased earnings per share up 7% from a year ago. that was better than analyst estimates. revenues also gained by 4%, but they were below expectations. shares had been down before the c
that means you couldn't have all tax-free income that would put you in no tax bracket. in essence, that would be a tax on municipal bonds. mayors and governors are fighting this very, very aggressively. and each time they seem to get it out of the budget proposal and then a new budget proposal comes out and it's back in. i do believe that ultimately, state and local governments will be success chl in arguing that this will drive the economy right back into the recession and actually won't solve...
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tax incentives. that will attract investment and channel investment into areas where investment is required. >> is that package already on the table? >> it is. it is. we have a good tax policy for investment in infrastructure. we give tax breaks, in fact, infrastructure, lending is easier. lending is cheaper. there are tax holidays for investment in infrastructure. which is why money is going nfstructure. the point that we are making now is that if infrastructure that will make a country's economy very strong. we need roads. we need ports. we need seaports. we need more steal making. we need more mining. these are the critical areas in which investment must go. >> is corruption a big problem? >> it is a problemment but no more than in most other countries. wherever i go, i open the newspaper and i find there are charges of corruption against the government of the day. i admit that, it is a problem. but it's not as big a problem as it is made out to be. to say that everyone is corrupt is i think an ou
tax incentives. that will attract investment and channel investment into areas where investment is required. >> is that package already on the table? >> it is. it is. we have a good tax policy for investment in infrastructure. we give tax breaks, in fact, infrastructure, lending is easier. lending is cheaper. there are tax holidays for investment in infrastructure. which is why money is going nfstructure. the point that we are making now is that if infrastructure that will make a...
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pay taxes and you have a small fine and a six-year window that means you come out of the shadows. then, it extends. after the six years, you can, if everything is good, you can go to a four-year window. after that ten years, it is all contingent on security triggers. there will be a 90% apprehension rate at the border. if it works, then you get a three-year pathway to citizenship. >> what's the political handicap in all this? to me the fascinating thing is when you look at the demographics of the country and the way they are changing -- in the 1980 president election, 90% of the people who voted for the president is white. it has fallen by 1% or 2% every year. how much of that of the electoral is driving the republicans particularly in the senate toward this and will it pass in the house? >> it is driving it totally. the only thing keeping them in the compromise is the fact this is a punitive thing. this is a 15-year plan at the longest. if you look at 1986 -- >> when bush tried this, they killed it. what is different? >> in 1986 with reform, it was 19 months of workiv a years to
pay taxes and you have a small fine and a six-year window that means you come out of the shadows. then, it extends. after the six years, you can, if everything is good, you can go to a four-year window. after that ten years, it is all contingent on security triggers. there will be a 90% apprehension rate at the border. if it works, then you get a three-year pathway to citizenship. >> what's the political handicap in all this? to me the fascinating thing is when you look at the...
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ceo bill simon says his consumers were most worried about jobs followed by inflation, taxes and gas prices. consumers may have concerns, but a number of analysts aren't worried. >> i think walmart right now is running as well as walmart has ever run since i started watching them in 1968. they are doing a fabulous job of bringing product at the price to the customer. >> reporter: and the stockholders are reaping the benefits. walmart sharesgained 27% er the last year,terhan the s&p indexand the broad s& sp 500 ereime period. courtney reagan.s repori'" >>> and owtomorre turn housg ane company to watch this earnings season. >>> so many american companies including many walmart suppliers move manufacturing out of the u.s. to plants in china, looking to save money. but things have changed. rising costs for labor, material and shipping has forced a lot of companies to consider bringing some of those jobs back home. phil lebeau has more from shanghai. >> reporter: here in shanghai, u.s. manufacturers who have set up plants here in china are facing a new challenge, rising costs. in fact, a new stu
ceo bill simon says his consumers were most worried about jobs followed by inflation, taxes and gas prices. consumers may have concerns, but a number of analysts aren't worried. >> i think walmart right now is running as well as walmart has ever run since i started watching them in 1968. they are doing a fabulous job of bringing product at the price to the customer. >> reporter: and the stockholders are reaping the benefits. walmart sharesgained 27% er the last year,terhan the...
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. >> the combination of tax liens and higher revenue drove two of the country's largest airlines to post a rare profit in the first quarter. >> delta air lines, excluding charges it earned 10 cents a share on revenue of $8.5 billion. by the way, this is the first profitable first quarter in over a decade for delta. >> meanwhile, u.s. airways beat the street earning 31 cents a share on revenues of under 3.4 billion. the combination of tighter capacity and higher load factors meant they were lower in the first quarter and fuel prices also help the bottom line. executive it is for the airline expressed concerns due to the faa furloughs impacting their business in the second and third quarters. with more delays expected some on wall street are worried the sequester could warn potential airline customers not to fly. >> people get to vote their vacation dollars however they want and they see that it's a hassle to fly more than it's normally a hassle to fly and they may vote and, you know, differently and with lower gasoline price s they might get people driving to their vacation rather than fl
. >> the combination of tax liens and higher revenue drove two of the country's largest airlines to post a rare profit in the first quarter. >> delta air lines, excluding charges it earned 10 cents a share on revenue of $8.5 billion. by the way, this is the first profitable first quarter in over a decade for delta. >> meanwhile, u.s. airways beat the street earning 31 cents a share on revenues of under 3.4 billion. the combination of tighter capacity and higher load factors...
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the process would take 13 years and applicants would have to pay a fine and back taxes, learn english, and pass a criminal background check among other hurdles. but before that system can even be set up certain security goals must be met, including improvements to the border fence. one member of the group, senator lindsey graham of south carolina said failing to change the nation's immigration system would be economicide ice oly waymera loses is to do nothing. and to the who bieveat we don'tl immigration in the future, you're in denial about the demographics. and to those who say this costs more to take people out of the shadows and put them a legal status where they pay taxes, you've certainly lost me. that makes no sense. >> warner: for more now we turn to illinois democrat dick durbin, the majority whip in the senate sand a member of the so-called gang of eight. welcome, senator durbin. you all have been working on this non-stop since the start of this congress. how hard was this to forge this compromise? >> this wasn't easy. you know, you have eight willful members of the u.s. sen
the process would take 13 years and applicants would have to pay a fine and back taxes, learn english, and pass a criminal background check among other hurdles. but before that system can even be set up certain security goals must be met, including improvements to the border fence. one member of the group, senator lindsey graham of south carolina said failing to change the nation's immigration system would be economicide ice oly waymera loses is to do nothing. and to the who bieveat we don'tl...
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who say this costs more to take people out of the shadows and put them a legal status where they pay taxes, you've certainly lost me. that makes no sense. >> warner: for more now we turn to illinois democrat dick durbin, the majority whip in the senate sand a member of the so-called gang of eight. welcome, senator durbin. you all have been working on this non-stop since the start of this congress. how hard was this to forge this compromise? >> this wasn't easy. you know, you have eight willful members of the u.s. senate-- four from each party-- each with a point of view and we came together determined to put together a comprehensive immigration bill task which has eluded other senators inhe t recent past. we got it done. it's an 848 page bill. it's a good offering, athisprove a lot of different facets. >> give us a flavor of what was it was like in that room. i gather you had something like 24 meetings. >> well, there were nice kind and quiet meetings and more eruptive meetings. as i said today to john, i said mount mccain erupted a few times but fortunately no one was injured and we got b
who say this costs more to take people out of the shadows and put them a legal status where they pay taxes, you've certainly lost me. that makes no sense. >> warner: for more now we turn to illinois democrat dick durbin, the majority whip in the senate sand a member of the so-called gang of eight. welcome, senator durbin. you all have been working on this non-stop since the start of this congress. how hard was this to forge this compromise? >> this wasn't easy. you know, you have...